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Fetterman Says His Openness on Mental Health Issues Is ‘Weaponized”
The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showin [...]
Biden Defends His Mental Acuity and Blames Sexism for Harris’s Defeat
On ABC’s “The View,” the former president dismissed reports that he had declined while in office and said he had not been surprised that Kamala Harris [...]
Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns
Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces wher [...]
Former Fetterman Aide Expressed Concern to Doctor About Senator’s Mental Health
The former chief of staff to Senator John Fetterman last year wrote to a doctor who had treated him, pointing to “warning signs” that suggested the se [...]
Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health
Congress authorized the money in a bipartisan breakthrough around addressing gun violence after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, k [...]
Inside the Turmoil at the V.A. Mental Health System Under Trump
A chaotic restructuring ordered by DOGE threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says
Joshua NevettPolitical reporterWatch: Streeting says 'wait for plans' amid PIP cuts rowThere is an "overdiagnosis" of mental health conditions with "t [...]
Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.
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Worsening mental ill health behind rising welfare bill, report says
Rising levels of mental ill health are causing the UK welfare bill to balloon, new economic research suggests.More than half of the rise in 16 to 64-y [...]
Cash for job centres and mental health services to boost workforce
Getty ImagesThe government is promising major reforms in order to reduce the benefits bill by getting more people into work.It has unveiled plans enti [...]
Bill to ban use of police cells during mental health detention
Getty ImagesPolice will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental health reasons in police cells, under government plans for [...]
Will Stone MP grapples MMA fighter Matt Inman for mental health
Will Stone MP grapples with pro-MMA fighter Matt Inman in a match held at Croydon's Fairfield Halls. The new Labour MP for Swindon North is also a bla [...]
Mental health patients to get job coach visits, says minister
BBCJob coaches will visit seriously ill patients on mental health wards to try to get them back to work, the government has said.Trials of employment [...]
Tax online giants to help kids’ mental health, say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats have said they would increase taxes on social media giants and companies like Amazon and Google to fund mental health profession [...]
Watch: How ‘crumbling’ Parliament affects MPs' mental health
MPs talk about how working in Westminster impacts their mental health.
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